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Friday, July 23, 2010

Busch Gardens

Before we left FL, we fit in a trip to Busch Gardens. We thought about taking Luke to Sea World in Orlando, but when Josh's mom mentioned that Busch Gardens had an Elmo themed Safari Land we figured the shorter drive would be a better choice in case he didn't fare well!
Our first stop was one of their live shows. Let me just say that I have been to BG many times in my life and this would have to be the first time I actually went to one of these shows, other than when they used to have dolphins...going to theme parks with kids is a very different experience, not to mention that since I am pregnant only Josh got to ride any roller coasters that day!

Here is a picture of the stage for what turned out to be an entertaining show.


Extreme close-up! (Hardly any trace of that hemangioma left, no?)



An example of the entertainment. There were lots of birds, dogs, cats, and other various typically wild animals. They all pretty much went about freely on the stage. I am thankful that no snakes were allowed to roam free!



Luke and Grammy watching the show



My only ride for the day, other than the skylift.



Luke did NOT love it. Halfway through he made me stop making the plane go up and down and wanted to get off.



He liked the carousel a bit more...



But his favorite by far were these cars, which he rode all by himself. He didn't want to get off of them when his turn was over, maybe he just liked being alone...no I think it was that he really really likes cars and finally thought he was getting to drive!







Cooling off in the theater to watch a Sesame Street movie...complete with chairs that sprayed water on us at various times.



We did take some time to see the animals, like this guy (or girl, not sure). It was feeding time!



Glad we rented the stroller, it sure came in handy!



Luke and the lion :)



Uncle Matt came over after work to see us one more time before we left.





And that ends the April trip to FL :)

1 comment:

Anna King said...

I imagine that going to theme parks with kids in tow IS a much different experience! Once you have your second, we should take all the boys to a joint theme park visit and let them run wild! :)